Would you stay or would you go?

[Cleita]

10. I think it would depend on your financial security.

Women of means don't have to stay with a cheating husband. A neighbor of mine just left her philandering husband. With the community property involved, she's quite comfortable on her own although she's in her sixties and she does have a strong social network of friends to support her. She's already out there dating but worries that some men might be dating her for her money. I don't think Holly Petraeus would have anything to worry about either, financially at least.

However, for some poor women who have reached middle age and beyond, the choice isn't that clear cut. While they have a comfortable life within the marriage, splitting up would put both parties into poverty. So I might stay if that were the circumstance. However, I wouldn't forgive, forget and stay if I didn't have to. It would be very hard to have to look at that person you once loved everyday and be reminded of the betrayal.